Table 1.
Characteristics of the study participants.
| Variables | Male (n = 1813) | Female (n = 1858) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No sarcopenia (n = 335) | Class I sarcopenia (n = 1121) | Class II sarcopenia (n = 357) | P value | No sarcopenia (n = 1046) | Class I sarcopenia (n = 536) | Class II sarcopenia (n = 276) | P value | |
| Continuous variables | ||||||||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 68.02 (6.69) | 70.77 (7.72) | 73.35 (8.15) | <0.001 | 70 (7.17) | 73.35 (8.43) | 74.04 (8.53) | <0.001 |
| Platelet-lymphocyte ratio, mean (SD) | 116.39 (40.75) | 127.24 (54.64) | 136.08 (58.46) | <0.001 | 125.14 (44.43) | 140.12 (54.83) | 147.16 (61.42) | <0.001 |
| Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, mean (SD) | 2.18 (1.22) | 2.29 (1.59) | 2.52 (1.41) | 0.196 | 2.09 (1.27) | 2.24 (1.24) | 2.33 (1.58) | 0.277 |
| C-reactive protein (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 0.53 (0.86) | 0.5 (0.92) | 0.61 (0.96) | 0.165 | 0.63 (1.06) | 0.56 (1.13) | 0.55 (0.917) | 0.361 |
| Plasma fibrinogen (mg/dL), mean (IQR) | 576.1 (87) | 569.1 (94) | 670.6 (118) | 0.521 | 519.6 (100) | 666.47 (101) | 643.7 (129) | 0.115 |
| Serum uric acid (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 6.18 (1.38) | 6.09 (1.41) | 6.02 (1.43) | 0.319 | 5.43 (1.49) | 5.02 (1.34) | 5.21 (1.58) | <0.001 |
| Serum bilirubin (mg/dL), mean (SD) | 0.64 (0.25) | 0.68 (0.33) | 0.65 (0.29) | 0.057 | 0.52 (0.26) | 0.52 (0.26) | 0.49 (0.17) | 0.124 |
| Categorical variables | ||||||||
| Non-Hispanic white, n (%) | 176 (52.5) | 654 (58.3) | 198 (55.5) | 0.623 | 597 (57.1) | 350 (65.3) | 162 (58.7) | 0.058 |
| Coronary heart disease, n (%) | 40 (11.9) | 143 (12.8) | 46 (12.9) | 0.459 | 76 (7.3) | 36 (6.7) | 20 (7.2) | 0.099 |
| Stroke, n (%) | 20 (6) | 58 (5.2) | 28 (7.8) | 0.054 | 55 (5.4) | 27 (5.1) | 29 (10.6) | 0.006 |
| Metabolic syndrome, n (%) | 217 (64.8) | 546 (48.7) | 145 (40.6) | <0.001 | 746 (71.3) | 284 (53) | 139 (50.4) | <0.001 |
| Alcohol drinking, n (%) | 96 (59.3) | 268 (50.9) | 83 (52.5) | 0.062 | 266 (57.3) | 140 (57.6) | 67 (54.5) | 0.954 |
| Smoking, n (%) | 41 (17.5) | 211 (26.4) | 91 (35.3) | <0.001 | 110 (30.2) | 76 (39.2) | 45 (43.3) | 0.016 |